Last week Michigan’s Twiztid descended on Seattle’s Studio Seven, and attracted quite the crowd of fans. Their latest release (their eighth CD!), Heartbroken & Homicidal sounds pretty fantastic, and was produced mostly by the duo’s own Monoxide. We’ve got some marvelous photos from Geoffrey Gribbin, who met the crowd and got photos of openers Blaze and MicLordz & Sauce Funky as well.
Twiztid
Blaze
MicLordz & Sauce Funky
Atmosphere at Twiztid
A Perfect Circle is a supergroup with members who have previously played with acts such as The Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails and Tool. They did a three night long residency at The Showbox Market in Seattle starting on 11/12/10. Each night they played a different album to a sold out crowd.
You’ll notice from these Amos Lee photos that this was a really small, private performance. The show took place in the upstairs bar/lounge area of the Triple Door known as the Musicquarium Lounge. The show was also somewhat of a secret performance, and attendees had to send in an email to a certain address, and then wait and hope that they got an email back to confirm that they could come to the show. Lee stood on the small stage, bathed in a dim red light for the performance. He said this show took him back to his early days because it felt more like an open mike than anything else. The audience was full of his true fans. Most of them sang along with songs dating back to his self-titled first album. He played through his discography, grabbing songs off each album leading up to his new upcoming album, Mission Bell, to be released in early 2011. He left with a promise to come back for a “real show” at the end of January!
Amos Lee – photos & review by Dawnielle Rene’
Ingrid Michaelson, the New York-based singer-songwriter, appeared at Seattle’s Showbox SoDo on October 28th. Dawnielle Rene’ caught the show and returned with some beautiful shots of Michaelson in action:
Ingrid Michaelson
I wish the Bloody Beetroots – Death Crew 77 could have played all night long. Their recent set at the Showbox Market was engaging and terrifying. At times their songs were gentle, hypnotic piano pieces (“Storm,” “Domino,” “dimmakmmunication”), and at times they were loud screaming matches (“Warp 1977”) between singer Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo and himself. I enjoyed both sides of this Italian band comprised of Rifo and Tommy Tea (for their live show they were joined by newest addition, drummer Edward Grinch). All band members wore the distinctive Bloody Beetroots mask, which made for a strangely connective experience with the band. I had thought it would be otherwise. The musicianship displayed by the Bloody Beetroots was top tier – that Rifo goes from elegant piano playing to ripping guitar work, with no jarring quality to the transition, showed their range. Their debut CD, Romborama, came out last year and this was their first Seattle show as the Bloody Beetroots – Death Crew 77. I have to hope the CD and shows will be the first of many of each. This band stunned me. Here are some of my photos from the evening:
The Bloody Beetroots – all photos by Dagmar